A85 - lines on display?

Hi, on my a85, the viewfinder looks fine when i'm trying to take a picture, but when i look at it on the display, there are lines across the screen. any ideas what this could be?

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This is a CCD fault Contat Canon for a possible replacement.

Posted on Aug 05, 2007

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